research Genetic mechanism of androgenic alopecia
Androgenic alopecia, or male pattern baldness, is caused by genes.
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540-570 / 1000+ results research The role of family history and its influence on the onset time in female pattern hair loss
Family history, especially on the mother's side, increases the risk of female pattern hair loss.
research Susceptibility variants for male-pattern baldness on chromosome 20p11
research Atrichia With Papular Lesions Confirmed via Genetic Testing: A Case Report
Genetic testing confirmed a young girl has Atrichia with Papular Lesions due to mutations in the hairless gene.
research Uncovering the complex relationship between balding, testosterone and skin cancers in men
Men with baldness are more prone to skin cancers on the scalp due to sun exposure, not testosterone.
research Uncovering the genetic architecture and evolutionary roots of androgenetic alopecia in African men
Genetic predictions of baldness in Europeans don't apply well to African men.
research A novel EDA variant that causes X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in a Chinese family
A new EDA gene variant causes X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in a Chinese family.
research Ichthyosis Follicularis With Alopecia and Photophobia
Two boys had a rare skin condition needing to be differentiated from similar disorders, with unclear inheritance due to few cases.
research Case report of Schöpf–Schulz–Passarge syndrome resulting from a missense mutation, p.Arg104Cys, in WNT10A
A new gene mutation caused a man's rare skin condition, Schöpf-Schulz-Passarge syndrome.
research Pachyonychia congenita: Sporadic onset with mutation analysis
A boy with Pachyonychia congenita has a confirmed gene mutation, highlighting the need for a local genetic database in India.
research Fetal alpha 5-reductase Val89Leu mutation is associated with late miscarriage
A certain mutation in the fetal alpha 5-reductase gene is linked to a higher risk of late miscarriage.
research A gene for pachyonychia congenita is closely linked to the keratin gene cluster on 17q12-q21.
Pachyonychia congenita is linked to a keratin gene on chromosome 17.
research Novel mutations in the keratin-74 (KRT74) gene underlie autosomal dominant woolly hair/hypotrichosis in Pakistani families
research New familial association between ocular coloboma and loose anagen syndrome
Two siblings were the first reported cases of inheriting both eye coloboma and loose anagen syndrome together.
research A review of genetic researches of and rogenic alopecia
Male pattern baldness is partly caused by specific genes, but most genetic factors are still unknown.
research Effectiveness of Anastrozole and Cyproterone Acetate in Two Brothers with Familial Male Precocious Puberty
Anastrozole and cyproterone acetate treatment can help increase adult height in boys with testotoxicosis.
research Androgenetic alopecia risk IDed with genetic test
research Mirror-image alopecia areata in mirror-image twins
Mirror-image twins can have alopecia areata on opposite sides of their heads.
research Androgenetic Alopecia and Risks of Overall and Aggressive Prostate Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Men with male pattern baldness may have a slightly higher risk of prostate cancer.
research Restoration of Spermatogenesis and Male Fertility Using an Androgen Receptor Transgene
Scientists restored fertility in male mice lacking a key fertility gene by using a modified gene.
research 092 Novel biallelic RIPK4 mutations cause ectodermal dysplasia with cutaneous syndactyly
New RIPK4 gene mutations were found to cause a type of skin and limb birth defect.
research Finding bald spots on chromosome 20p11
New genes linked to male pattern baldness were found on chromosome 20p11.
research Androgenetic alopecia: Identification of four genetic risk loci and evidence for the contribution of WNT signaling to its etiology
Four genetic risk areas related to male-pattern baldness were identified, with WNT signaling playing a role in its development.
research Piggyback‐Acquired Hypertrichosis
A baby girl grew extra hair from contact with her grandfather's hair medicine, but it went away after stopping exposure.
research Increased DHT levels in androgenic alopecia have been selected for to protect men from prostate cancer
Higher DHT in male baldness may protect against prostate cancer.
research Discordant phenotype in monozygotic twins with mosaic trisomy 12p in lymphocytes
Identical twins had different symptoms because one had more cells with an extra chromosome fragment in different tissues.
research Familial frontal fibrosing alopecia: A cross‐sectional study of 20 cases from nine families
Frontal fibrosing alopecia in families shows similar signs to individual cases and may have a genetic link.
research External genitalia abnormalities in male rats exposed in utero to finasteride, a 5α-reductase inhibitor
Finasteride exposure in pregnancy causes genital abnormalities in male rats.
research Prioritizing susceptibility genes for the prognosis of male-pattern baldness with transcriptome-wide association study
Identified genes linked to male-pattern baldness may help develop new treatments.